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 676 SIXTY·SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 249. 1922. gies and bicycles not otherwise provided for; horseshoeing; ice; repairs to pound and vehicles; use of bicycles by mspectors in the engineer department not to exceed $800 in the aggregate; and other general necessary expenses of District offices, including the personaltax board, harbor-master, health department, siurveyor s office, office of superintendent of weights, measrues, and markets, department of insurance, and Board of Charities, including an allowance to the purchasing officer of the District and to the secretary of the Board of Charities, not exceeding the rate of $26g>er month for each, for the maintenance of an automobile to be in·nished by them, res ectively, and used in the discharge of their official duties, $45,000. ¤,;'{'*,':g'f1$°'°' '°' Igor printing all annual and special reports of the government of _ the District o Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922, for g'{g.§”§’,,'{;,,,,,,,.;;S,,0,,. submission to Congress, $5,000: Provided, That authority is hereby “¤“¤¤°°· given the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to discontinue the rinting of an annual or s ecial reports of the government of the District of Colirmbia in ordidr to keep the expenditures within ,,dg,§,"'§’,'i§°°°°’ °°°" °' this appropriation. In all cases where the printing of said reports is discontinued, the original copy thereof shall be kept on iile in the offices of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for public ins ection. lilor maintenance, care, and repgiliér of automobiles, motor cycles, and motor trucks owned by the trict of Columbia, that are not mom! Bmd I otherwise herein provided for, $30,000. _ Chj]d{g’g {wang, For purchase, at a cost not to exceed $726, of an automobile for mimmm such use of the Board of Children’s Guardians as may be desggnated by the official now known as "agent" of such board, and or the exchangie of such automobiles now owned by the District of Columbia as, in the judgment of the commissioners of said District, have or shall become unserviceable, $4,726. ,¤Y,°§,fy °m°w“ "* All of said motor vehicles and all other motor vehicles provided for in this Act and all horse-drawn carriages and buggies owned by the District of Columbia shall be used only for purposes directly pertaining to the public services of said District, and shall be under the direction and control of the commissioners, who may from time to time alter or chang? the ass?nment for use thereof or direct the joint or interchan%ea le use 0 any of the same by officials and ,'_X,'§;’°,;,,,,,,t_ employees of the istrict: Provide, That no automobile shall be acquired hereimder, by purchase or exchange, at a cost, including the value of a vehicle exchanged, exceeding $650, except as may be herein specifically authorized. ,,,,H§}°,d_°' “°”°" "" Appropriations in this Act shall not be ex ended for the purchase or maintenance of horses or horse-drawn veiiicles for the use of the commissioners, or for the purchase or maintenance of horses or horsedrawn vehicles for inspection or other purposes for those officials or emllployees provided with motor vehicles. .tE§l’$E§”g_°' h°”°’· pproprrations in this Act shall not be used for- the purchase, livery, or maintenance of horses, or for the piuchase, maintenance, or repair of buggies or carriages and harness, except as provided for in the appropriation for contingent and miscellaneous expenses or unless the appropriation from which the same is proposed to be paid shall specifically authorize such purchase, livery, maintenance, and me repair, and except also as hereinafter authorized. r,m,,.;, `"“"“° ""* Appropriation; in this pct shall not be used for the payment of premiums or other cost 0 fire insurance. ,,g,Q°§f¥°lL°c'§§“,;§§1iZ,°§Y,§i Telephones may be maintained in the residences of the superintendent of the water department, sanitary engineer, chief inspector of the street-cleaning division, assistant superintendent of the streetcleaning division, inspector of plumb', secretarylof the Board of Charities, health omcer, assistant healutxg officer, c 'ef of the bureau